rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript
Space separated grouping expression in print is runtime error
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- TypeScript
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Description
This is a runtime error. Our parser needs to better handle catching this issue.
This first item is okay, but the 2nd one isn't. So it appears the brs parser will interpret function calls with spaces, even in a print statement.
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the two print-statement examples and inspect the brs parser's handling of space-separated function calls; done means the invalid form is caught as a parse error while the valid first form remains accepted.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100